Nearly 40 years after its theatrical release, 'La Bamba' is being remade, but the film's original director and writer questions why rock ’n’ roll star Ritchie Valens' life is being told, again.
Almost 40 years after its release, “La Bamba,” the beloved biopic of singer Ritchie Valens, is getting a remake. And Luis Valdez, the original director and writer, wants people to know: 'This was not my choice.' On Monday, Variety reported that Sony Pictures and Mucho Mas Media are developing a new version of the biographical film following the first U.S. Latino rock star.
They made contact with his mom, Connie Valenzuela; his brother, Bob Morales; his manager, Bob Keane; and his first love, Donna Ludwig Fox. Valdez was then able to turn their firsthand accounts into the 'La Bamba' screenplay. 'I don't know that he will take the same storyline either. Flat remakes don't work,' Valdez said. 'What's been done before is not very exciting for anybody.
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